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MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1992

"CHANGES

HAVE

THE

SIMPLIFY BEEN BROUGHT TO THE NEW RULES TO PROCEDURES FOR RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION AND FOR SIGNATURE OF DOCUMENTS BY PARTNERSHIPS,

ΤΟ EXTEND THE PERIOD FOR TAKING CERTAIN MS TAI SAID.

"

PROCEDURAL STEPS,

THE FEE

AND

STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SIMPLIFIED SUBMITTING EVIDENCE HAVE BEEN REVISED.

AND ARRANGEMENTS

FOR

UNDER THE NEW RULES, ANY APPLICANT WHO DOES NOT RESIDE OR CARRY SERVICES ON BUSINESS IN HONG KONG IS REQUIRED TO GIVE AN ADDRESS FOR IN HONG KONG.

FOR

THE RULES ALSO ENABLE AN ASSIGNEE OF AN

APPLICANT REGISTRATION TO BE TREATED AS THE APPLICANT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

SERVICES

APPLICATION FORMS FOR REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS FOR CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT, 15TH FLOOR, OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI FROM JANUARY 17.

FLAT OWNERS FINED FOR ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS

THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) REMINDED WORKS INSIDE FLAT OWNERS THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO CARRY OUT BUILDING THEIR PREMISES WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.

COURT

THE WARNING CAME SHORTLY AFTER A RECENT TWO CO-OWNERS OF A FLAT ON APLIU STREET, KOWLOON WERE OF $12,000 FOR CARRYING OUT UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS PREMISES.

IN CASE

WHICH FINED A TOTAL INSIDE THEIR

PREMISES STAFF OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE INSPECTED THE

18 LAST YEAR AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF 192 APLIU STREET ON APRIL

WORKS HAD BREN REVEALED THAT CERTAIN UNAUTHORISED BUILDING

CARRIED

OUT, THE COURT HEARD.

THE UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS INCLUDED SUB-DIVIDING

BRICK WALLS, PREMISES INTO FIVE SEPARATE UNITS WITH

THICKENING FLOOR SLAB OF THE PREMISES AND BUILDING A METAL CAGE ATTACHED TO EXTERNAL WALL OF THE PREMISES.

THE

THE THE

THE COURT WAS TOLD THAT AS A RESULT OF THE UNAUTHORISED THE BUILDING WAS RENDERED ALTERATIONS, THE STRUCTURAL CONDITION OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.

NAI-MING AND CHOI CHING,

PLEADED ORDERED ΤΟ PAY

THE TWO DEFENDANTS, LEUNG GUILTY TO THE OFFENCE AND WERE EACH FINED $6,000 AND $2,000 FOR THE COURT COSTS.

K.E. BALL, PASSING THE SENTENCE, NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRATE, MR

NINE ΤΟ 10 TONS OF SAID THE PARTITIONS ERECTED, WHICH AMOUNTED TO

HAVE A SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT, BY COMMON SENSE WAS OF SUCH A EFFECT ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING.

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